Photos: Admiring the eye-popping street art of Athens

Milos Bicanski, Getty Images11.12.2014

Walls are adorned with works of contemporary graffiti on the streets of Athens.

Milos Bicanski
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Walls are adorned with works of contemporary graffiti on the streets of Athens, Greece. The hardships and unemployment of the country's economic collapse have led to a new wave of innovative graffiti, which is both politically aware and socially accepted making the city a Mecca for street artists.Milos Bicanski
/ Getty Images

Walls are adorned with works of contemporary graffiti on the streets of Athens, Greece. The hardships and unemployment of the country's economic collapse have led to a new wave of innovative graffiti, which is both politically aware and socially accepted making the city a Mecca for street artists. (Milos Bicanski
/ Getty Images

Walls are adorned with works of contemporary graffiti on the streets of Athens, Greece. The hardships and unemployment of the country's economic collapse have led to a new wave of innovative graffiti, which is both politically aware and socially accepted making the city a Mecca for street artists.Milos Bicanski
/ Getty Images

Walls are adorned with works of contemporary graffiti on the streets of Athens, Greece. The hardships and unemployment of the country's economic collapse have led to a new wave of innovative graffiti, which is both politically aware and socially accepted making the city a Mecca for street artists.Milos Bicanski
/ Getty Images

Walls are adorned with works of contemporary graffiti on the streets of Athens, Greece. The hardships and unemployment of the country's economic collapse have led to a new wave of innovative graffiti, which is both politically aware and socially accepted making the city a Mecca for street artists.Milos Bicanski
/ Getty Images

Walls are adorned with works of contemporary graffiti on the streets of Athens, Greece. The hardships and unemployment of the country's economic collapse have led to a new wave of innovative graffiti, which is both politically aware and socially accepted making the city a Mecca for street artists.Milos Bicanski
/ Getty Images

Walls are adorned with works of contemporary graffiti on the streets of Athens, Greece. The hardships and unemployment of the country's economic collapse have led to a new wave of innovative graffiti, which is both politically aware and socially accepted making the city a Mecca for street artists.Milos Bicanski
/ Getty Images

Walls are adorned with works of contemporary graffiti on the streets of Athens, Greece. The hardships and unemployment of the country's economic collapse have led to a new wave of innovative graffiti, which is both politically aware and socially accepted making the city a Mecca for street artists.Milos Bicanski
/ Getty Images

Walls are adorned with works of contemporary graffiti on the streets of Athens in Greece. The hardships and unemployment of the country's economic collapse have led to a new wave of innovative graffiti, which is both politically aware and socially accepted making the city a Mecca for street artists.Milos Bicanski
/ Getty Images

Walls are adorned with works of contemporary graffiti on the streets of Athens, Greece. The hardships and unemployment of the country's economic collapse have led to a new wave of innovative graffiti, which is both politically aware and socially accepted making the city a Mecca for street artists.Milos Bicanski
/ Getty Images

Walls are adorned with works of contemporary graffiti on the streets of Athens, Greece. The hardships and unemployment of the country's economic collapse have led to a new wave of innovative graffiti, which is both politically aware and socially accepted making the city a Mecca for street artists.Milos Bicanski
/ Getty Images

Walls are adorned with works of contemporary graffiti on the streets of Athens, Greece. The hardships and unemployment of the country's economic collapse have led to a new wave of innovative graffiti, which is both politically aware and socially accepted making the city a Mecca for street artists.Milos Bicanski
/ Getty Images

Walls are adorned with works of contemporary graffiti on the streets of Athens, Greece. The hardships and unemployment of the country's economic collapse have led to a new wave of innovative graffiti, which is both politically aware and socially accepted making the city a Mecca for street artists.Milos Bicanski
/ Getty Images

Walls are adorned with works of contemporary graffiti on the streets of Athens, Greece. The hardships and unemployment of the country's economic collapse have led to a new wave of innovative graffiti, which is both politically aware and socially accepted making the city a Mecca for street artists.Milos Bicanski
/ Getty Images

Walls are adorned with works of contemporary graffiti on the streets of Athens, Greece. The hardships and unemployment of the country's economic collapse have led to a new wave of innovative graffiti, which is both politically aware and socially accepted making the city a Mecca for street artists.Milos Bicanski
/ Getty Images

Walls are adorned with works of contemporary graffiti on the streets of Athens, Greece. The hardships and unemployment of the country's economic collapse have led to a new wave of innovative graffiti, which is both politically aware and socially accepted making the city a Mecca for street artists.Milos Bicanski
/ Getty Images

Walls are adorned with works of contemporary graffiti on the streets of Athens, Greece. The hardships and unemployment of the country's economic collapse have led to a new wave of innovative graffiti, which is both politically aware and socially accepted making the city a Mecca for street artists. (Photo by Milos Bicanski/Getty Images)Milos Bicanski
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Walls are adorned with works of contemporary graffiti on the streets of Athens, Greece. The hardships and unemployment of the country's economic collapse have led to a new wave of innovative graffiti, which is both politically aware and socially accepted making the city a Mecca for street artists.Milos Bicanski
/ Getty Images

Walls are adorned with works of contemporary graffiti on the streets of Athens, Greece. The hardships and unemployment of the country's economic collapse have led to a new wave of innovative graffiti, which is both politically aware and socially accepted making the city a Mecca for street artists.Milos Bicanski
/ Getty Images

Walls are adorned with works of contemporary graffiti on the streets of Athens in Athens, Greece. The hardships and unemployment of the country's economic collapse have led to a new wave of innovative graffiti, which is both politically aware and socially accepted making the city a Mecca for street artists.Milos Bicanski
/ Getty Images

Walls are adorned with works of contemporary graffiti on the streets of Athens, Greece. The hardships and unemployment of the country's economic collapse have led to a new wave of innovative graffiti, which is both politically aware and socially accepted making the city a Mecca for street artists.Milos Bicanski
/ Getty Images

Walls are adorned with works of contemporary graffiti on the streets of Athens, Greece. The hardships and unemployment of the country's economic collapse have led to a new wave of innovative graffiti, which is both politically aware and socially accepted making the city a Mecca for street artists.Milos Bicanski
/ Getty Images

Walls are adorned with works of contemporary graffiti on the streets of Athens, Greece. The hardships and unemployment of the country's economic collapse have led to a new wave of innovative graffiti, which is both politically aware and socially accepted making the city a Mecca for street artists.Milos Bicanski
/ Getty Images

Walls are adorned with works of contemporary graffiti on the streets of Athens, Greece. The hardships and unemployment of the country's economic collapse have led to a new wave of innovative graffiti, which is both politically aware and socially accepted making the city a Mecca for street artists.Milos Bicanski
/ Getty Images

Walls are adorned with works of contemporary graffiti on the streets of Athens on November 10, 2014 in Athens, Greece. The hardships and unemployment of the country's economic collapse have led to a new wave of innovative graffiti, which is both politically aware and socially accepted making the city a Mecca for street artists.Milos Bicanski
/ Getty Images

Walls are adorned with works of contemporary graffiti on the streets of Athens, Greece. The hardships and unemployment of the country's economic collapse have led to a new wave of innovative graffiti, which is both politically aware and socially accepted making the city a Mecca for street artists.Milos Bicanski
/ Getty Images

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